Garment-hanger.



No. 663,264. Patented Dec. 4, I900.

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GARMENT HANGER. A

(Application filed May 25,1900.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY A. FARNHAM, OF LAINGSBURG, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,264, dated December4, 1900.

Application filed May 28, 1900.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY A. FARNHAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Laingsburg, in the county of Shiawassee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hangers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and, use the same.

This invention relates to garment-hangers; and it has for its object toprovide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive device adaptedto he firmly clamped to the garment, so that the latter may hangnaturally therefrom, and thus avoid the creasing caused when the garmentis folded; and it consists of the parts and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of my improved garment-hanger, showing itin its open or unclamped position; and Fig. 2, a side elevation showingthe device in position on a pair of trousers.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both the views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the hanger, which is formed of asingle piece of stiff metal and preferably of spring-metal wire or rod.

In carrying out my invention I bend one end of the wire or rod, whichend will here inafter be designated the locking member a, at itsextremity, as at b, for a purpose to be described, and at a suitabledistance from said bent end I form one or more coils c in the wire orrod, the bending or forming of the coils being such that the lockingmember a extends therefrom in an inclined line, so that it normallystands at an angle to the body member d. The body member d extends in astraight line from the coil 0 for nearly the whole length of the lockingmember a, and is then bent downwardly to a U shape to form theretaining-loop E for the end of the locking member, and is again bent ina horizontal line at right angles to loop e to form the guard-loop f forthe extreme end of the locking member a, thus preventing the projectingend of said member a catch- SerialNo.18,262. (No modeLl ing into othergarments which may be hung near it. The wire or rod is carried from theloop f back along the body member (1 to the center of the latter, whereit is bent around the same, as at g, and is then carried in a verticalline atright angles to said body member for any desired distance, and isthen bent to form the hook it, whereby the hanger may be suspended froma rod or pole ora clotheshook. The object of bending or curving theextremity of the locking member at b is to bring the said member a whenits end is engaged in loopeto the plane of the body member, as shown inFig. 2, whereby the garment may be evenly clamped between said members aand d.

While I have shown the device as applied to a pair of trousers, it maybe applied to other garments, such as womens skirts, and to otherarticles of personal wear or personal use and may be used to displaysuch articles in shops. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A garment-hanger formed of a single piece of wire or rod consisting of alocking member having a downwardlycurved or bent end, avertically-arranged coil formed at one end of said locking member, abody member extending from said coil and having a retaining-loop atright angles thereto, anda guardloop at right angles to saidretaining-loop,

said guard-loop being arranged in the same horizontal plane as the bodymember and said wire or rod continuing back from said guard-loop alongthe body member and being bent around the center of the same andextending at right angles thereto and terminating in a hook, said bodyand locking members lying close together in the same horizontal planewhen the end of the latter is caught in the retaining-loop, whereby thegarment may be clamped therebetween.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEROY A. FARNHAM.

Witnesses:

EZRA BARNARD, HARRY O. BENSON.

